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Here is shown a stand of British Columbia timber. Why 

 settlers should be allowed to imperil such superb assets in any 

 part of the Dominion is difficult to understand. British Colum- 

 bia's system of permits for settlers goes far to end a long- 

 standing evil. 



yet in that district, according to the 

 reports of Chief Ranger James Sel- 

 kirk, no loss of standing timber was 

 sustained, although a certain acre- 

 age was scorched. It would be log- 

 ged before the effects of the scorch- 

 ing did any real damage. 



Tribute to Rangers. 

 Inspector Cameron, in his address, 

 paid a high tribute of praise to the 

 work of the rangers under Mr. Sel- 

 kirk, when he stated that never in 

 the history of the forestry service 

 the world over, had the record of the 



